Patterning of the dorsal-ventral axis in echinoderms: Insights into the evolution of the BMP-chordin signaling network

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Lapraz, François ^a   Besnardeau, Lydia ^a   Lepage, Thierry ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXY 1 METHYLTETRALIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORDIN; GLYPICAN; GLYPICAN 5; HEPARIN DERIVATIVE; MORPHOGEN; PROCOLLAGEN C PROTEINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL; RECEPTOR REGULATED SMAD PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINODERM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEA URCHIN; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BILATERIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; ECHINODERMATA; ECTODERM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYPICANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NODAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS, RECEPTOR-REGULATED;

EID: 72949097669     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000248     Document Type: Article

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